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Condoms and Religion

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So how do the various world religions deal with condoms? The answer might surprise you!

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Condoms are historically the most common forms of contraception apart from outright abstinence. This has meant that religions across the world have had to figure out how to manage their followers' use of this form of birth control. After all, all major religions hold that sex should only be used for procreation which means that using condoms would be the antithesis of what they're preaching when it comes to sex. But there is a difference between the ideal and the reality, so the human leaders of the various churches and religions have had to come to their own conclusions when it comes to the condoning or not condoning of condom use. It generally boils down to thoughts on when a person becomes a person and how the church feels about sex overall. It also depends on how strict the church leader happens to be on the whole thing.

Generally speaking, the Roman Catholic church is one of the strictest on the use of condoms; the church doesn't condone its use at all, believing that sex should only be used for procreation and not for recreation. This means that this church cannot condone the use of any contraceptive except for abstinence and something called Natural Family Planning; that is, you should only engage in casual sex when you are naturally infertile anyway, such as after menopause. Otherwise it's, you rolls your dice and takes your chances!

Other churches almost have an 'if we can't prove it, we can't get you for it' attitude. The Orthadox Christians leave contraception to the adults to deal with, while for Protestants, the use of condoms is left up to each church leader. When we look at the religions other than Christianity, we see some similar views. Islam for example holds that any contraceptive is acceptable so long as it doesn't damage the embryo or the woman's health-so condoms are actually preferred! Buddhism holds that while the more people the better (since people are encourage to reach 'Nirvana' and the more the better), before there is a person in sex (ie, before fertilisation) all bets are on-in other words, condoms are fine to use while things like Morning after Pills are discouraged. Even Sikhs hold that while casual sex isn't desirable, the family should be allowed to determine how many children they want to have, so the use of condoms is tolerated if not encouraged.

Where all religions do come to a meeting point though is in the use of condoms outside of marriage; this is strictly forbidden as sex between two unmarried adults is considered sinful. Even condom use to protect against STDs is prohibited; the major world religions all agree that sex before marriage is a sin, so it should be irrelevant whether you have an STD or not.

It is interesting however how most of the churches in the world have had to deal with the reality that their parishioners do have sex just for fun and still need a way to protect themselves. Among the churches that don't just have a blanket ban on sex for reasons other than baby making, condoms are the preferred method of contraception because they create an environment where there are no embryos to worry about in the first place. They are also safe, effective, and cheap, so they are very useful for a church to answer with when faced with the reality of more and more extramarital and casual sex in the world. In short, most churches find it hard to condone such a useful tool in dealing with the realities of the sexual natures of their followers.

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